Music-turner.



PATENTl-D MAY 7, 19o?.

m5@ www@ n In R. H. FOSTER.` MUSIC TURNER. APPLIUATIO FILED JUNE x. 190m sf/messes .f "unrrEn srafrEs Ea'rEN'r oEEroEn .A E'OBElrr"E, FOSTER, or Union cOUEsE, LONG ISLANn NEW YORK.

y Musso-TURNER.

852,944. i Specification of ietters Patent. I Patented lay 7, 1907.

` Applicatiogmea .Tusa 1,1906. serielle. 319,664.

, The lower end of the' rod and the lower Be itiknown that I, ROBERT H. FOSTER, a ends of the tubes d together with the wheel "'ycitizen of the United States, residing at c2 and the wheels cl2 are within the box or" Union Cou'rse, Long Island, inthecounty of l case a, and each of said wheels is provided Queens and State of New York, havein with a spring e secured in' the right hand end 6o `j.,,ventedcertain new and useful Improvements of said box or case, and the other end of -in-lVIusic 'l.`urners, of which the following is a .i which is ,provided with an extension or cord specification', such as will enable those skilled j `e2 secured in the groove of the corresponding in the art to which it appertains to make and vwheel dz or c2. The wheels d2 and c2 are also use the same.' provided' in the perimeter thereof with a 65 This invention relates to sheet music turn- .notch or recess f, and secured in the left h devices, and the object thereof is to prohand end of the box or case 0,2 are a plurality vie an improved device of'tbis class which. of spring arms f2 which equal in number the isdesigned to'be mounted on or connectedl wheels c2 and' d2 andthe free ends of which with a piano, organ or similar instrument, bear in the notches or recesses f of said wheels 7o and lwhich issimple in construction and Opas clearly shown in Fig. 2.

:"eratidand by means of which successive Mounted in the recess or chamber a3 ofthe ,fl'eaves of music may be conveniently turned -base a, is a finger disk g providedwith a plu- ".Whenever desired. rality of upwardly directed lingers g2 which 2d The inventionv is fully disclosed inthe folequal in number the spring arms f2 and 75.,"

lowingspecification', which, the accompawheels c2 and dz, and the fingers g2 'differ in nying'drawing fo'rmsa part, nwhich the sep length as clearly shown in Fig. 5, and the y arate parts. of I'nyfiirn rovernent are desi shortest finger g3 is adapted to operate the nated by suitable-'re erence cliaracters 1n bottoinsprlng arm f 2, the next longer nger i 5 each of 'thevviewa' and in which;` the succeeding bottom spring arm f2 and so 8o' Figure `1 is` a front view of my improved on, the longest finger connected with the disk "f'sheet music turning device ,l Fig. 2 asectional g being adaptedto operate the top spring -planjon the'line 2*',2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 a pararm f2. A tialsectionronlthe line 3 -3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 The finger disk g is also provided on the '39 av lanvie'w ofthe to of that part of the debottoin thereof with a lurality of teeth 4 85 .ph p 9 "vicevshown in Fi sul and .3; Fig. 5 a side all 'of which are incline in the same direcviewof-a lin er (Fisk which forms a part of tion, andsaid finger disk is secured to asleeve "my improve music `sheet turning device, g mounted on a pin gj secured in the recess and showing the support thereof in section; or chamber a3 in the base a. Mounted on 3Sv 6 atop' plan View of the device shown in the sleeve g5 below the disk g isl anarrn g8 9o Fig. 5; Ill 7 a bottom plan view of" the iin,- provided with a collar through which said 'ger diskshown in Fig. 5;' Fig. 8 an edge view sleeve. passes, said collar being clearlyshown I Vand the base a is provided of'ga clamp 'which I employ.; and, Fig'. .9 a in Fig. 5 and being 'also marked g8, and plan view. of the' end portion of one .ofthe wound on the sleeve g5 below the arm ga isa urnvin "arms'of the device. spring g7 one end of which is secured inthe 95 Init Vef practice of my invention l provide bottom of the recess or chamber a.3 and the a base a to whichis securedan oblong box or' other end of which is secured to the arm s.

Aease a? which, as shown 'inF'ig 1, is open at The arm g8 does not showin Fig. 5 but t e Y @the front, but which may lic/,closed i'r' desired, collar thereofdoes show, and said arm and with va recess or its collar are clearly shown 'in Fig. 1. l 0 [chamber a3 at one side of the central portion' Connected with the upper end of each-of `frtl'ie'loi. a f 'j i 'the tubesd and with the upper end of the rod 1 l* f The top of thebox or case a,2 is provided c is an arm lt, and,said arms are cach prog. with a'sleeve or collar (LTr whichisfsecured vided at their outer end with a clamp h2, and joy-a vertical.- tube aja'nd'passing vertically theseclamps are preferably connected with 105 i ylirough' the tube a15 1s a rod-c ony wliih'is the arms h as shown in Fig. 9, this connec- 1 mounted apl'ura ity of rotatable tubes d each tion being made by means of spiral springs of .which is provided at they bottom thereof 7L and i whereb said clam )s are suspended withia grooved wheel d2, aridthe bottoni of, y,by means 'of saisprings, l,the objectof this he rod c is provided with a similar wheel c2. y being t`o prevent the clamps from twisting or`- IIO hendino; the sheets of music in the operation oi the device es iiereinniter desorihed.

in the operation of this device the arms :iro all lirst turned to the right as shown-in Fig. 1 in which position the spring arrns fi engage. the corresponding wheels d'2 und e2, und the springs r' irre out under tension. The sheets oi musiey to he turned are then placed in un upright position :ind the clamps fire Connected with the top edges thereof at or neer the outer ein-ners thereof. In this position oi the ports the lingers o2 of the iina xger disk g is dii'eetlv l'nlielr of the bottoni spriniv arm f", turned to the lett sind arm will engage one of the teeth g4 on the linger disk g and said disk will he turned to the leit, the bottom spring arm will he disengaged from the corresponding wheel c`l and the spring e connected with the wheel cf will turn seid '-.vheel to the right and the erin li connected with the top oi' the rod c will he tiirned to the ieit and curry with it the sheet ot innsio connected therewith, A

When the znin gS is released the spring g7 throws sold erin haelt into the position shown in Fig. l, and in the next movement of itin g8 to tue left the linger disk g will lie operated ns shove deserihed, rind the secondspring :irin f1 from the hottoin will he released from the Corresp(inding;` wheel d2, und the inner tulio d will oe turned to the right sind the inin .i'i eonneeted therewith will'he thrown over to the left, und the sheet of innsie eonneeted therewith Ywill he turned iis l in this way by j wih he readily uinlerstoodA eiioh successive movement of the iirm gt' the wheels el' und dl heginnlng with the hottoin Wheel e"' moy he siieeessiveiy turned and the Mins it eoimee d counting iroin the rod e out-iiiiidlr will he turned in the manner hereinhefore deserihed.

yl`he orin g8 muy he of :my preferred Construction lint ispreierzihlv made oi spring metal so thiit it will hend ireely over. the inclined siiriine oi the teeth g4 when sind erin is moved into its normal position hy the spring g1. Y

it will he understood thiit when the nrrnsh have all been turnedr to the left, they must,

before the devine afin again he operated, be turned ooe-li to the right or into the position shown in Fig. i, hy hond, and this operation puts the springs e under tension and enables the springeY arms f2 to engage, the notches or 'recesses j' in the' eriinetor o`r` the Wheeis c2 sind d'2, after whic 1 the device may be again and it nini' the erin g*A he' the teil with the rod e und tuhes sseeee l operated for turning the sheets of music as hereinheiore described.

| in the eeoinpanying drawing i have l shown seven inusie. turning arm Carriers ini (finding the rod c and six of they tubes (l, a l wheel eonneeted with/seid rod sind esioii of l seid tuhesI springs e.' equalingv the niiinloer of l wneels d2 and c2, and spring tirrnsjf2 equaling,l the number of siiid wheels, but it will be apparent that any desired number of arms h moy he employed in which event the other i parte ot the device will be similarlyY reiriih'ited. i Having iiilly described my invention, what i i claim ris new end desire to seouriA oy Letters Piitent is;-

i. A. music sheet turner comprising it hase, eoneentrieailly placed upright inemhers 'erich of which Provided at its upperenl with a music turning arm, said upright members l heilig en oh provided at its lower end with a i wheel, tension springs Connected with said l 'heels and adapted to turn them in one di rection, sind wheels being also provided each l with :i notch or recess in the perimeter therel of, spring arms adapted to engage seid l notches or recesses and hold said Wheels, l against the operation of the tension springs, l :1nd menus for successively releasing the l spring iii-ms from said wheelsj consisting of e i disk mounted below said spring firms and proi i l l l ryini lengths and on the bottom thereof with teeth, und si. spring arm mounted disk imd adapted to engage sind teeth.

'rising a base,

2. i music. sheet turner oom upright ooneentrien-lly arranger rotatable de vices connected therewith end provided at their upper ends with iirins hiivinfr clamps, said rotatable devices beingY also provided at springs their lower ends with wheels, tension connected with. said \vheels, spring nrins adapted to engage the perimeter of said Awis/heels, ond ine sind s ring firms frornsaid wheels, consisting vided with upwardly directed lingers of vtt-r helow su id ons for successively releasing with upwardly directed iingers'of vnryi'ngl, lengths and on the bottom thereof with e. iuv that i claim the foregoing its my inven ioni l of i1. disk mounted in the base and provided. i

l' ring erm meunier lJe-j l ence of the subscribing Witnesses this 81st` i dey of Mey 1906. f l| ROBERT H. FGSTERJ i Witnesses: i

F. AQ STEWART, l C. E. MULREAnr.

have signed my nziinein presw fio 

